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x_xStay_Uglyx_x t1_irfnrs9 wrote

My fiancee has had 5 different mental health providers this year through the VA. He waited months for his most recent telehealth appointment only to find out it was with a nurse practioner. No hate to NPs, but they're not the kind of authority a person with PTSD and multiple TBIs need. There is no actual care coming from the VA and getting community care is impossible for us. They do this on purpose to cut the amount of veterans they have to pay for and no one will ever convince me otherwise.

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KerPop42 t1_irfqfdv wrote

If they actually consider serving an honor, they should actually follow through and take care of our vets. It's disgusting, though I think it would be better if we were all just in the same network and veterans got their fees waived

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x_xStay_Uglyx_x t1_irgyb51 wrote

Medicare for all would go a long way to fix it. I know alot of vets who prefer the idea of being able to go to a place that has veteran-centric care but it's just not working.

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westplains1865 t1_irfubwp wrote

I'm discouraged so little has changed since I retired from the military 8 years ago. VA care was terrible then but I had heard anecdotally that things were supposedly getting better. I should have figured it's the same story of recruit people, break their bodies with hard service, then discard them when their usefulness to the big green machine is over.

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x_xStay_Uglyx_x t1_irgy2sf wrote

Certain regions are better than others. Florida's VA system is actually amazing if you can afford to live there. Everywhere else in the south is a horror show.

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DocHolidayiN t1_irfx1fm wrote

You need to call your congress critter.. No excuse for the runaround in his situation.

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CatrionaShadowleaf t1_irgqjqh wrote

They don't care. Vets are a dog and pony show at best, to be trotted out to show their fake patriotism and then thrown away again.

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x_xStay_Uglyx_x t1_irgxvb0 wrote

We have. Twice. Called the white house complaint line. Got a lawyer. Went to an entirely different region for care. The system is fundamentally broken because it's designed that way. They want dead vets because they don't want to pay for the damage they caused. A successful VA healthcare system, much like a successful medicare system, is an advertisement for socialism and we can't have that.

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DocHolidayiN t1_iridd1e wrote

Preachin to the choir .I use the va for healthcare and know exactly what you're dealing with. I hope things work out for you all. Peace.

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